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The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä Mies)

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Winner of the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and Finland’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2017 Oscars®, this charming debut feature from Juho Kuosmanen is a feel-good comedy-drama inspired by the real-life attempt by Finnish boxer Olli Mäki to win the 1962 World Featherweight boxing title.

The Fencer (Miekkailija)

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This touching tale of redemption tells the true story of champion fencer Endel Nelis, who while on the run from the Soviet police took up a teaching position in a remote Estonian school. While there he becomes a father figure for the traumatised students, mostly war orphans, teaching them fencing as a way to overcome their loss and his own.